Table 2.
Knowledge of patients with coughing for 2 or more weeks of duration on TB disease in Kaffa zone health facilities, Southwest district of Ethiopia, 2019.
| Variables | Patients with cough (n = 802) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Number | % | |
| Mode of transmission | Person-to-person | 393 | 49.0 |
| Exposure to cold air | 221 | 27.6 | |
| Sharing utensils | 31 | 3.9 | |
| Nothing known | 157 | 19.6 | |
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| Signs and symptoms of TB | Cough only | 465 | 58.0 |
| Cough with weight loss | 172 | 21.4 | |
| Weight loss only | 57 | 7.1 | |
| Nothing known | 108 | 13.5 | |
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| Curability of TB | Curable | 642 | 80.0 |
| Not curable | 67 | 8.4 | |
| Nothing known | 93 | 11.6 | |
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| Cost of TB diagnosis and treatment | Free | 266 | 33.2 |
| Paid | 101 | 12.6 | |
| Not have information | 435 | 54.2 | |